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18-20, lateralibus apice obliquis profunde et acute 3-5 lobis, 

 lobis bipartitis, reliquis truncatis plurilobatis, lobis obtuse bi- 

 fidis, spadice foliorum circiter longitudine, spicis simplicibus 

 pendulis secundis pubescentibus, floribus solitariis (maximis) 

 extus pubescentibus, annulo staminum nullo, ovario depresso 

 turbinato stylo triplo breviore, bacca obovata, processu 

 intrante sursum latissima obliqua, embryone infra medium 

 seminis. 



Licuala peltata. Roxb. FL Ind. 2. p. 179. Icones. Suppt. 

 3. t. 79. Hamilton Comm. Herb. Amb. in Mem. Wern. Soc. 

 5. p. 313. Mart. Palm. p. 234. t. 162. 



Hab. — Woody mountainous country to the eastward of and 

 near Chittagong, Roxburgh ; Mountains beyond the Ganges ; 

 Rungpore, Buchanan; Assam, Major Jenkins; Himalayan 

 range, below Darjeeling, Seharunpore Collectors. Cultivated 

 in H. C. Bot. Gardens, flowering in the cold season, fruiting 

 in the hot season. Kurup t Kurkuti. Bengally. Chattah Pat. 

 Assamese. 



Descr.* — A low Palm, with a stout stem 3-4 feet high, marked 

 below with the scars of the fallen leaves, above rough from the per- 

 sistent bases of the petioles. Leaves 8-10 feet long. Rete copious. 

 Petiole 6-7 feet long, triangular, armed throughout along the mar- 

 gins, especially towards the base, with stout, horny, black, very 

 sharp, conical, rather curved thorns. Ligula cordate, when young 

 the margin is very elevated and tomentose. Lamina peltate; 

 pinnce about 18-20, describing nearly a circle of about 6 feet in 

 diameter, about 3 feet 3 inches long, outermost ones cuneate-oblong, 

 3-5 plaited, 3-5 lobed, lobes acutely bilobed, with oblique ends ; 

 intermediate and terminal much broader, 7-8 inches across, trun- 

 cate, with several plaits and as many less deep, broader, rather 

 obtuse, bifid lobes. 



* From plants in the Botanic Gardens. Entire specimens since received from 

 Major Jenkins have the stem 3§-4 feet high, rough from the persistent, distant 

 bases of the petioles; the leaves 12-14 feet in length; the petioles 8-9 feet and 

 armed throughout. The spadices equal the leaves. 



